EASTER COOKIES
1- cup whole pecans
1-teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch of salt
1-cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible
Preheat the oven to 300 (this is important-don't wait
until you're half-done with the recipe)
1. Place the pecans in the baggie and let the kids
beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into
pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was
beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3
2. Put the vinegar into a mixing bowl. Let each child
smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on the
cross and he became thirsty, He was offered vinegar to
drink.
Read John 19:28-30
3. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs
represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so
that we could have life.
Read John 10:10-11
4. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and
let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl. Explain
that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus'
followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27
5. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add
1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the
story ids that Jesus died because He loves us. He
wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16
6. Beat the egg whites with a mixer on high speed for
12 to 15 minutes, until stiff peaks form. Explain that
the color white represents the purity in god's eyes of
those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3
7. Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a
wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound
represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to
rest.
Read Matt. 27:57-60
8. Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door
and turn the oven off.
9. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the door.
Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.
Read Matt. 27:65-66
10. Go to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave
the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus
followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20-22
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone
a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite.
the cookies are hollow! ON THE FIRST EASTER Jesus
followers were amazed to find His tomb empty.
Read Matt. 28: 1-9
1-teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch of salt
1-cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible
Preheat the oven to 300 (this is important-don't wait
until you're half-done with the recipe)
1. Place the pecans in the baggie and let the kids
beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into
pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was
beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3
2. Put the vinegar into a mixing bowl. Let each child
smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on the
cross and he became thirsty, He was offered vinegar to
drink.
Read John 19:28-30
3. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs
represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so
that we could have life.
Read John 10:10-11
4. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and
let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl. Explain
that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus'
followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27
5. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add
1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the
story ids that Jesus died because He loves us. He
wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16
6. Beat the egg whites with a mixer on high speed for
12 to 15 minutes, until stiff peaks form. Explain that
the color white represents the purity in god's eyes of
those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3
7. Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a
wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound
represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to
rest.
Read Matt. 27:57-60
8. Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door
and turn the oven off.
9. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the door.
Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.
Read Matt. 27:65-66
10. Go to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave
the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus
followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20-22
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone
a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite.
the cookies are hollow! ON THE FIRST EASTER Jesus
followers were amazed to find His tomb empty.
Read Matt. 28: 1-9
